Exam 7: Sociological Theories: Emphasis on Social Structure

Two structural conditions,anomie and low social _____,contribute to higher suicide rates.

Shaw and McKay studied delinquency in Chicago.

Rodney Stark's theory of deviant places argues that crowded neighborhoods have higher crime levels.

Having not been raised with middle-class values,lower-class boys do poorly in school and experience status _____,or strain.

Your text suggests that strain leads to rioting in _____ in spite of its famed social welfare system.

Which of the following best represents Anderson's ideas regarding the "code of the street" among young urban African-Americans?

Some scholars say that a _____ of violence,involving a physical response to insults and other interpersonal problems,characterizes urban neighborhoods.

_____ anomie theory argues that crime in the United States results from several key cultural values,including achievement,individualism,and the fetishism of money.

Anomie and low social integration help to lower suicide rates.

Stark focused of neighborhood physical features as an explanation for the high crime and delinquency of particular urban neighborhoods.His view has since been referred to as _____.

Some people,called the _____,live in a continuing cycle of concentrated disadvantage characterized by extreme poverty,housing segregation.

Marvin Wolfgang argues that a(n)_____ explains the high level of violence among poor,urban males.

Which of the following scenarios best fits Cloward and Ohlin's argument that there is also differential access to illegitimate means,or illegitimate opportunity structures?

Some scholars say that a subculture of violence,involving a physical response to insults and other interpersonal problems,characterizes _____ neighborhoods.

Which of the following best expresses institutional anomie?